• Lonmin workers asked by union to return to duty at Marikana mine
• Ghana inflation accelerates to 3-year high at 10.6% in April
• Botswana inflation rate drops to 7.2% in April vs 7.6% in March
• ASI +0.67%, $29.53mill
• Banking stocks lead the market higher with the Bank 10 Index gaining 1.05%
• UBA gained 2.54% yesterday after releasing Q1 2013 results
• NSE20 +1.52%, $16.3mill
• Large crosses in Safcom and ARM drove activity with foreigners heavily involved
• DCI -7bps, $4.8mill
• EGX30 +102bps, $67mill
• Semdex +33bps, $1.45m
• Top40 +75bps, $1.61bn
• LuSE -126bps, $918k
• Ind +48bps, mining +59bps, $2.68mill
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
South Africa |
ZAR |
9.28 |
-8.72 |
Nigeria |
NGN |
157.45 |
-0.83 |
Kenya |
KES |
83.85 |
+2.69 |
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.15 |
-1.93 |
Botswana |
BWP |
8.29 |
+6.55 |
Tanzania |
TZS |
1628.00 |
-2.64 |
Uganda |
UGX |
2585.00 |
+3.59 |
Rwanda |
RWF |
640.09 |
-1.35 |
Ghana |
GHS |
1.98 |
-4.27 |
BRVM |
XOF |
512.50 |
-2.57 |
Egypt |
EGP |
6.97 |
-8.71 |
Morocco |
MAD |
8.64 |
-2.00 |
Tunisia |
TND |
1.66 |
-6.76 |